Staryi Sambir district

Lviv region

Starosambir district is a district of Ukraine in the southwestern part of Lviv region. The district and administrative center is the city of district significance Staryi Sambir. Starosambir district has the following tourist locations and settlements: Dobromyl, Stara Sil, Mshanets, Lavriv, Velyka Volosyanka, Strelky, Staryava, Spas, Yasenytsia-Zamkova, Nove Misto, Rosokhy). The district is located in the foothills of the Ukrainian Carpathians (mainly the Verkhniodnistrovski Beskydy); its southern part lies in mountainous terrain, while the northern part is flat. The largest rivers of the district: Dniester and Stryvigor.

The advantage of the Starosambir district's location is that its territory can be considered the "gateway to the Ukrainian Carpathians". It is from the southern part of Starosambir district that the Carpathians - the Upper Dniester Beskydy - geographically begin.

The mountainous terrain is characterized by the round shapes of the Carpathian ranges, the peaks of which reach 800 meters or more above sea level. The highest peak of Starosambirsky district is Mount Magura Lomnianska, located in its southwestern part, near the village of Grozovo, and rises to 1022 meters above sea level.

Its neighbors are: Mostyska district in the north, Sambir and Drohobych districts in the east, and Turka district in the south. In the west, its borders coincide with the state border of Ukraine with the Republic of Poland. The length of the state border in Starosambir district is 70 km.

Dozens of unique brick churches, churches, bell towers, roadside chapels, and two Basilian monasteries in Dobromyl and Lavriv can be seen in the district. On Slipyj Hill near Dobromyl there are the ruins of the Herburt castle (an architectural monument of the second half of the XVI century of national importance), in the village of Murovane - the remains of the Mnieszeks castle (XVI century), and in the village of Torhanovychi on Bundz Mountain - the ruins of the castle of Queen Bona (XVI - XVII centuries).

The oldest churches are the Church of St. Martyr Paraskevia in Stara Sil, dated 1440, and the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit (1464, popularly called the Shepherd's Church) in the forest near the village of Hubychi.

Other attractions:

Church of St. Nicholas (1890), Staryi Sambir;
The Church of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1780) with a bell tower (1788), wooden; Busovysko village;
Town Hall (XVIII century), Dobromyl, 1 Rynok Square;
Bell tower of the Basilian monastery (1731), Dobromyl, Zamkova street;
Basilian monastery: church of St. Onufriy (late XV century), monastery premises (XV - early XX centuries), Lavriv village;
Castle ruins and ramparts, church (1753), church (1901), Murovane village;
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1732), wooden; Nadyby village;
Church of the Holy Trinity (XVI century) and town hall (XIX century), Nyzhankovychi village;
St. Martin's Church (XVI-XVII centuries), Nove Misto village;
Church of St. Nicholas with a bell tower (1736), wooden; Peredilnytsia village;
Church of the Epiphany (1779), Rakova village;
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Topilnytsia village) 1730;
Complex of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: church (XV-XVI centuries) with a wooden bell tower (XIX century), walls with gates (XVIII-XIX centuries), village. Rosokha;
St. Martin's Church with a bell tower (XV-XVI centuries) and a palace, Skelivka village;
Church of the Resurrection with a bell tower (XVII century), wooden; Stara Sil village;
St. Michael's Church (1660) with a bell tower (XVII century), Stara Sil village;
Friday Church (1440) with a bell tower (XVII century), wooden; Stara Sil village;
Villa "Anna" (1911), Stara Sil village;
Carmelite monastery: the church of St. Anna (1585-1591), monastery cells (1608); Susidovychi village;
Jesuit college or "convivium" (XIX-XX centuries) and church (XVIII century), Khyriv;
Manor house (XIX century), Chapli village
The bell tower of St. Michael's Church (1730), wooden; Yasenytsia-Zamkova village;
Kirkut - ancient Jewish burials (XVI century), Staryi Sambir (exit to Turku);
"Devil's Stone", Busovysko village;
Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit (1464, according to other sources in 1453, popularly called "Shepherd's Church"), Hubych village.

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